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And when is it high or low?
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Stamina in regards to music performance is the same as stamina in sports - the ability of your heart and lungs to prolong stressful physical effort.
Music which has flowing and soft passages, such as Debussy's Claire De Lune don't require a lot of stamina since your arms and fingers are not put under a lot of muscle tension.
Compare that with a chord-intensive piece like Rachmaninoff's Op.23 No.5 preludes or the Op. 3 and No.2, where you need to exert a lot of power through your arms and wrists to meet the desired dynamics of the piece.
As for when its high or low, just play and see if you get tired easily. If you do, you are low on it 8)
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Stamina = Obstacle
You can pass this obstacle only with practice and experience. You cant pass obstacle with your muscles.
Stamina = Can defeated with %60 practice, %38 experience and %2 muscle.
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STAMINA: The physical or moral strength required to resist or withstand disease, fatigue, or hardship; endurance.
Big, heavy programs require the performer to be able to get through it without lagging or losing speed and control, especially nearing the end. Long and serious pieces demand stamina and endurance so the music does lose its quality along the way.
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Stamina = morning
No Stamina = Nighttime
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Thanks everyone =) I was asking taking as reference the Rachmaninoff Preludes; specially Op.3 No.2 and Op.23 No.2 and No.5 (The ones I have studied). What I notice particularly in the B flat major prelude, is that the more times I play it throughout the day, the weaker it gets. I think it's normal since I practice a lot, but definitely has to do something with stamina.
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Quote: ....so the music does lose its quality along the way
Sorry! I didn't edit before. Should read . . . .so the music doesn't lose its quality along the way.
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I see a co-relation between the words 'stamina' and 'endurance.' In piano-playing terms, 'stamina' is not just the physical strength needed to get through a demanding, but relatively short Rachmaninoff Prelude [1] but, rather, the ability to sustain a physically demanding repertoire over an extended period of time without any evident loss of power, dexterity, speed and tone control.
A program requiring 'stamina' would be, for example, one that successfully carries off all 24 of the Chopin Opp 10 and 25 Etudes without any sense that the pianist has tired by the end of the last one.
[1] In my opinion, the B-flat major is a Prelude requiring power and dexterity but it and the G-minor Preludes hardly qualify as pieces requiring 'stamina'. Given that the B-flat major is under four minutes in length and in the G minor the interlude of the un poco meno mosso section gives one a rest, most pianists with the technique, even without 'stamina' can get through either piece. The G-minor Prelude lasts less than five minutes.
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as it pertains to piano playing i would define stamina as sustained, relaxed concentration.
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I think it refers to the ability to play technically difficult music for an extended length of time (example: Making it all the way through Ravel's Toccata maintaining the same tempo, musicality, and not being sloppy at the end).
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I agree with the responses above, but would also like to add the ability to do all that without putting yourself at risk of injury. If you're planning to play a longer program but still don't have enough stamina, add some slow lyrical pieces to fill up time.
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